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Parenting is hard work.
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Courses for parents of under 10’s

Home life with young children can be intensely challenging. “Why won’t they just do as I say?” “Why are they always fighting?” “What’s wrong with my child?!” “What’s wrong with me?!!”

We start out as parents with high hopes and good intentions, but almost no training. No wonder we can’t answer the tough questions. Taking the Parenting with Purpose Course helps you find the answers to these challenges and many others.

Our course is based on cutting edge research in child development, behavioural change and human motivation. The course, run via Zoom, is highly interactive. We use videos, exercises and a substantial worksheet for each class to enhance your learning. Questions that arise for any student during the week become an interactive part of the course. Students are also given homework filled with exercises to bring the skills alive where you need them, at home with your children.  You will be sent a 60 page workbook to print and use.

We run a parents of the under 10’s course every term.

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What is included in the course

The course consists of five 90-minute sessions, covering the following topics:

  • Purposeful Parenting – using Descriptive Appreciation to foster great values and better behaviour

  • Fostering Emotional Intelligence – understanding and managing emotions

  • Parenting with Purpose not Power – keeping calm to become an authoritative parent

  • Be a Coach not a Cop – rules, rewards and real conversations

  • Positive Discipline – what to do when things go ‘wrong’

  • This an Ivy League-quality parenting course. This course celebrated our great intentions, helped us lock in the effective things we were doing, but also gave us MANY new skills. Skills we will use for the rest of our lives and which our daughters will thank us for.

    Matteo B. and Giulia R. di T., London
    Parents of 3 young girls

  • I feel more like the parent I know I can be (and imagined I would be) more of the time. My kids are calmer and happier.

    Sabrina, San Francisco
    Parent of 7 and 4 year old sons

  • Sue is a modern-day Mary Poppins. She's a bona fide child (and parent!) whisperer who will fundamentally change your perspective on parenting for the better.

    Couple, Palo Alto/Milwaukee
    Parents of 2 young children

  • My husband started by not wanting to be involved, to seeing the impact it had by the end of week 1, so for the remaining 5 weeks he sat out of shot, listening intently, taking notes and working together to apply it all subsequently.

    Mother of 4 children, London

  • The course has empowered me to be the kind of parent I truly want to be, instilling values and confidence in my kids, and making the day to day operations run more smoothly. Parenting with Purpose is a must have in every parent’s tool belt.

    Mother, Washington, D.C.
    Parent of 2 young children

  • There is not a day I do not think about all you taught me!!! It is literally LIFE CHANGING. My connection with one of my children has been revolutionized. Raphaelle and Sue are both excellent coaches. I have learned a lot and enjoyed the classes thoroughly. Thank you!

    Amandine F., Paris
    Mother of 11, 9 and 7 year olds